'Young gun' Jacob Guertin victorious in MMA bout

May 12—MOSES LAKE — Jacob 'Young Gun' Guertin from Freewind Martial Arts was victorious via submission in the second round Saturday over Brody Case at the Conquest of the Cage MMA event in Spokane. With this win, his record improved to 4-3. Guertin was happy with the result, he said.

"Pretty good, pretty clean, not hurt too much. Face is a little bruised, but that's about it," he said.

Inside the octagon

Case was aggressive out of the gate as he hit Guertin with a punch combo that stunned him early, which helped set up a takedown.

"I knew exactly where I was. I knew what I needed to do," Guertin said. "When he hit me, it stunned me for sure, I felt him get his hooks in and so my main thing was get to my back. When he had my back, I postured up (and) pushed into him (to) fight the choke."

Once they were on the ground Case tried to lock in a chokehold, which Guertin successfully fought off before regaining control on the ground.

"I kept looking at the ref, giving them nods and thumbs up, I had to hold a thumbs up position while I was fighting this choke," he said.

In the amateurs, fights get called quickly in those situations, Guertin said. It's to help fighters not injure themselves when they're in a position they can't escape from but are eager to try anyway.

From there, he controlled Case on the ground, looking for an opportunity to land more strikes. He was looking for an opportunity to attack, and he took a unique route.

"I was literally sitting on him, and there wasn't really a whole lot for me to do in that instance. I was just looking at the crowd; I was kind of annoyed, so I gave him an elbow in the butt. It was pretty cool, because I didn't really know what to do. I didn't know if anything would hurt, so it's like I'll do this to make the crowd laugh," he said.

They remained entangled until time expired for the first round.

Guertin said he felt great during the break; his mind was clear. He admitted to being frustrated going into the second round because from his perspective, he was underperforming.

"The fact that he immediately was able to do that to me, it got to me, and I told my corner, 'I want to tire him out and then I'm going to chase the knockout. I know he's tired.' I feel great. I'm ready to go into the second round and walking into that second round, I could see visibly that he was so tired," Guertin said.

Once the bell rang for the second round, Guertin was on the attack and pursued Case with several strikes that pushed him up against the cage. Repeated uppercuts and a few blows to the body, Guertin took his shot for a takedown of his own.

However, his situation escalated as Case responded with a triangle chokehold. This maneuver saw Case remain on his back while he used his legs to create a 'figure-four' lock around Guertin's neck and left arm.

"I was almost out," Guertin said. "I've only defended triangles when I have my right arm in. I didn't know which way to toss his legs; you're supposed to post the arm that's trapped (and) bring it to the same side of the hip, and then just crank slowly (with) heavy pressure, and then you land in a side control. But I kept trying to go the other way, and I got the choke in deeper for him, and I almost went out."